Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-05
URsTamPED OPIUM.
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CcnsiasEnhle inasrest vas manifested
this meEainQ ever a aFtiefa thas ~
peared n q Ssn FreneiBoo excnaDEo
coneaKniaQ the seizure Of oplum % me
bark Arcs1FuA Tha fnet thai large
Quantities q ths ountEahand drug e
6esnQ hxDuRha 30 the mill poft1 end
shipped 10 California on lnmbeE-ladsn
vessels d generally aeoeded ~ The mA-
iorify Of shlppiaR merchants
/" The investigation nov IN progress IN |
san Franoisoo eoDoeEning TIE saizare Of |
tuo trunks eoniaining nnstamped OPT
um "a likely 10 Lad 70 some spicT de- |
vslopmenfs'" aid prominent Singing |
10 q isaeasisst lhine in the vOrld."
coniinued The speahaT. 80 Iun opium
over from tie BEitish Oolumoia side N /
aioops b soms ef the aawmiils 90 the /
lower Sound whsre vessels are loading |
foE OalifeFsiz p0Ftsi The drug eans
With comparative safety. BE- taken On
heard and transported 10 San Fran /
rienaed In disposina 81 u. Not 0noe IN 1
q year does east0ms sfhcer search Q
uEBrAMRKD OPIUM
which Ia bound from the Soand 10 9TH
eF domestic ports. II VS. only six
weeks eco that aloop supposed 10 Coz
tain the ooniraband drug was nysteri-
onsly landed q short distance above
Quincy Street wharf, e dood-tids, al
about two o'clock In the morning. The
craft, inst before daylight. manned By
two men. gas F0wed out from under the
wharf and disappeared In the darkness.
Two days later the Custom House force
made Q thorough search Of the build
ing which is located near the wharf.
bat failed to find any dutiabls ROods."
KAsux nPoRrxD.
"No one has better facilities 70 engage
IN the opium traffic than Q ship
broker said another ore Of that fra
ternity this morning. "Oflen they viii
40 down Is far as PORT Angeles aad
DunReneas in 9 Whitehall boat after
nightfaIl, returning during the wee sma'
hours. They could, providing they
we're 90 disposed, take the opium from
q slooD down In the straits. bring Il
alengside and place 10 on board Of IN
outward bound coaster, and no one be
the wiser. On arriving In San Fran
cisco the vessel b allowed 10 land her
cargo undisturbed BY the customs Of
6cials.s
CARRIED Oh FoA NkAA8.
Il appears 20 be q well known fact
amonQ the brokers thai certain vessels
which have been enaaaod In the Homo
lulu trade have for years carried large
quantities Of the drug 10 the Islanda.
Several small seizures have occurred !
within the past two yeara. II
A great deal Of interest is being man /
ifested here, not only By the customs Z
force but by merchants, also, a. 10 what I
revelations will come from the tnvesti- I
cations Of the Arctufus case. II
One party engaged in the shipping I
trade positively asserts that he knew, OF (
his own individual knoWledge. that
Bartlett bad those two trunks In his 8
possession at least four days prior 20 }
the sailing Of she AFctuRus.
The trunks would naturally have
been sent on a local steamer 10 Had :
lock before the vessel sailed, instead Of
waiting until midnight and taking
hem quietly on board" argued another I
broker.
kFTxn OLSEN.
On Monday boon Deputy Sheriff I
Frank p. Lotus and @. n. Rouse Wenl
ID Hoods Canal on the tae Holyoke to
COX out for the far famed and many
Iimea captured Pete Olsen. A farmer =,
living near the canal says that be 10
positive that Olsen stopped two % three Q
LAYS az his house. When that party left A
his house be requested that the farmer !,
notify bis relatives In Norway should III =
'Ate befall him. The names we're ODsen. .
The likeness Of the stranger was exact =
10 that Of the Napa ooanty murderer
aid the farmer after looking at the Y
LIKENESS shown by the Sheriff. %
TIE ouILLERAo.
Captain Sandman, who vas master Of 8
he Nioaraguan bark Guillefmo, which b
allied from here several months ago for Il
and put into Honolulu leak b
ng, where the vessel was condemned, h
Ihipped Is second mats Of the Charles .
). Kenny and came % San Francisco 4
rom Honolulu. The engineer Of the n
donkey engine, which vas put on board \
attached 20 the pumps 10 keep the vessel 4
lear OF water, has arrived here. lw
VESSEL SOLD. ID
The British bark Won Moltke, 6S7 u
ons, buiIs in 1874, was sold 10 r. Duns.
muir 10 Victoria on Tuesday BY N. =
Biehard Of San Francisco. The pTics >
9 not stated. The vessel IL loading =
lumber 81 Moodyville for San Fran !,
,iaco.
The purchaser Of the Won Mcltks hAa !
andeE consideration plans and specih- !.
,ations for tug 20 be built Is Che
nainus, British Columbia. The ma
ihipery is 10 be Of the latest modern | :
Kind. The boilers, engines and other
ron work will Be manufactured 81 the :
Albion Iron Works, Victoria. H.,
Prominent VISITORS. Ia
Ex.MayoF Harrison, Of Chicago, and b
party passed through to Seattle today I